Pentecost and Witness
Primary passage: Acts 1:1-2:47
Acts begins with the risen Jesus commissioning witnesses and promising the Holy Spirit. Pentecost marks a decisive empowering of the church for witness.
Intermediate · ABOUT 230 MINUTES
Acts: Spirit, Mission, and the Early Church
Pentecost, witness, persecution, conversion, Gentile inclusion, Paul’s mission, church conflict, and the gospel moving toward Rome.
Course Outline
Opposition, Courage, and Conversion
Primary passage: Acts 6:1-9:31
The early church faces internal pressures and external persecution. Stephen’s death becomes a turning point in the spread of believers beyond Jerusalem.
Gentiles and the Church
Primary passage: Acts 10:1-15:35
Peter’s encounter with Cornelius and the Jerusalem discussions force the church to wrestle publicly with Gentile inclusion.
Mission to Rome
Primary passage: Acts 16:1-28:31
Paul’s journeys take the message through cities, homes, synagogues, marketplaces, courts, prisons, and eventually toward Rome. Mission happens through preaching, conversation, hospitality, suffering, teamwork, and endurance.